Raw sugar factory and refinery practice at Central Azucarera Don Pedro, Inc., (CADPI) Brgy. Lumbagan, Nasugbu, Batangas, Special topic: quality control department improvements

Date

10-2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Major Course

Major in Sugar Technology

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Jeanne Michelle T. Valencia

Committee Member

Casiano S. Abrigo, Jr., Jerico Z. Alcantara

Abstract

The plant practice was conducted at Central Azucarera Don Pedro, Inc. (CADPI) located at Brgy. Lumbangan, Nasugbu, Batangas. It was comprised of 288 working hours, from the 14ᵗʰ of April to the 20ᵗʰ ofMay 2011. This aims to train and apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the university. CADPI is one of the biggest raw sugar manufacturing factory and refinery in the Philippines which provide for different customers in the food industry. The practice of the theoretical knowledge was performed in various departments including the milling, boiling house, refinery boilers, wastewater, and quality control. A special topic was assigned to determine the improvements in the quality control department at CADPI. All aspects inside the department were considered including procedures done in the analyses and instruments It was found out that the department now uses octapol as clarifying agent instead of lead. The reason for this is the hazardous effect of lead to the environment and the toxicity it brings to human. Another improvement is the use of Parten Instrument DA7200 which determines parameters such as moisture, pol and color of samples directly. This would give faster values thus saving time and effort on the analysis. QCD is also progress of Lay-out expansion. This is to give bigger space for instruments, chemicals, and work area for the analysts.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993 2012 E62 A76

Document Type

Thesis

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